A study conducted by Kapa Research for To Vima tis Kyriakis  shows that the amount of people who claim to be religious has dropped by 34% since 2006. The number of people who go to church on a weekly basis has noted a 16% reduction. There has been a 13% increase in those who state that Easter doesn’t influence or make them feel anything special.

74.2% of Greeks say they beliee in God, 62.5% believe in the evil eye (bad spirits that can harm them), 41.4% believe in miracles and a whopping 37.8% believe that there are extra-terrestrial beings whereas 31.8% believe in the Second Coming.

51.3% of Greeks state that Easter has changed and isn’t the same as it used to be whereas 11.6% feel that customs and traditions have changed and 20.4% attribute the change in the feeling of Easter to the worsening financial situation.

55.8% still do the sign of the cross when they pass by a Church.

Despite Greeks slowly moving away from the Church, the majority of Greeks still follow Easter traditions. 75.3% dye red eggs, 75.2% go to church for midnight mass on Holy Saturday, 67.5% has lamb on a spit on Easter Sunday, 66.5% goes to the Epitaph procession whereas 42.5% fast during Holy Week. Just 9.9% staff for the full Lenten period and 9.1% go to church on Easter Sunday